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Topic: Paths (05/17/04)
TITLE: Is This My Path? By Dona Rae Moore 05/19/04 |
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Is there not another path I could take?
My soul feels so drained from these burdens.
Burdens that are borne for the ones I love.
Where is the peace that You have promised?
You have promised to share this load with us,
so why do I feel so alone?
There is no one here to walk beside me;
no one to lean on when my strength
and resolve are drained away.
I awake in the night and fear overcomes me
and there is no one to reach out and touch,
to reassure me that we walk together.
This is not the path that I would have chosen
when I came to You and gave You my life.
I had no idea what lay ahead when
I told You I would go where You
would want me to go.
No thought of this journey entered my mind
when I asked for Your Spirit to enter in and
lead me to You, to direct my feet along the
path You had given to me.
But here You are now.
Standing quietly by waiting for me to reach
out to You and know that You too grieve
for the same ones as I.
You also carry the burden with me,
and if I did not believe it
I don't think I could remain strong.
God is Love.
He loves us even though we sometimes
forget that He has the answer if we would
just listen for that sweet, loving voice.
He can fill us with a love that will enable
us to overcome, to find the courage and
strength to walk with Him.
He fills us with an abiding love and allows
us to love with joy in His name and to
show His love to the ones we would
choose not to;
the unloveable.
Our journey is not ours alone.
He has promised to never leave
nor forsake us, for He who was at one
time forsaken will not cause us to
suffer the same as He.
This path that we walk is of His choosing
for He knows what is best for our lives.
And when the loneliness and burdens
become almost too much to bear;
when I reach out to Him;
He reassures me that He is there.
For though I sometimes feel so,
I do not walk this path alone.